In the week he turned 41, Paul Collingwood is officially the eighth most valuable Englishman in county cricket.

The players’ union, the Professional Cricketers’ Association, publishes rankings of all county players to decide who is the most valuable in the country.

Durham captain Collingwood is up to 11th after his performance in this weekend’s County Championship draw at Glamorgan.

Collingwood made a century in the first innings, on his 41st birthday, and was 92 not out when he declared Durham’s second innings at lunch on the fourth day. Collingwood was keen to leave time for his side to claim their first four-day victory of the season, but the Riversiders could only take seven wickets as the hosts reached their target in the final over.

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Capped 300 times by England across all formats of the game, Collingwood was 17th in the One-Day Cup standings at the end of the group stage.

Durham batsman Paul Collingwood (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Three of the top four players are not English. Incredibly after a run of five consecutive First-Class centuries Durham’s former Sri Lankan overseas player Kumar Sangakkara trails Kent’s Darren Stevens in the rankings. South African internationals Kyle Abbot and Colin Ingram are fourth and fifth respectively.

Sussex’s West Indies under-19 international bowler Jofra Archer has a British passport, while Gary Balance and Keaton Jennings are African-born England internationals.